Latest distcc-config comes with syntax error bug in /usr/bin/distcc-config. Error causes: system ~ # distcc-config --help File "/usr/bin/distcc-config", line 155 chost portage['CHOST'] = open('/etc/make.conf', 'r').read() Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge distcc-config (will succeed) 2. run 'distcc-config --help' or any other distcc-config parameter 3. Python SyntaxError will result The following is a solution (not work-around) to resolve the problem. Hopefully distcc-config's author can fix upstream for future emerges. Line 153 is incorrect in distcc-config. I have commented out and fixed as follows: if portage.settings.has_key('CHOST'): # Broken code was: #chost portage.settings['CHOST']makeconf = open('/etc/make.conf', 'r').read() # fixed code should be: portage.settings['CHOST'] = open('/etc/make.conf', 'r').read()
steev@mentor ~ $ distcc-config --help Usage: /usr/bin/distcc-config --set-hosts DISTCC_HOSTS | --get-hosts /usr/bin/distcc-config --set-verbose { 0 | 1 } | --get-verbose /usr/bin/distcc-config --set-log FILE | --get-log /usr/bin/distcc-config --set-env VARIABLE VALUE | --get-env [VARIABLE] What version of distcc, and what version of python?
Post emerge --info output as instructed to when filing the bug, post you distcc version (and if you are using sys-devel/distcc-config, tell that as well) and reopen then.
Additional info as requested (note: this bug affected ALL 23 systems I updated this weekend - from Intel P4 to an old Celeron processor Gentoo lab laptop that's my clean testbed). I'm including emerge info from that system, but the problem appears to be universal to ~x86, x86, gentoo, gentoo-hardened, etc. that I work with. distcc-config version: # $Header: /var/cvsroot/distcc-config/distcc-config,v 1.3 2005/06/26 19:10:54 pyrania Exp $ python version: moof bin # python -V Python 2.4.1 emerge info: Portage 2.0.51.22-r2 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.3.6, glibc-2.3.5-r1, 2.6.11-hardened-r15 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.11-hardened-r15 i686 Celeron (Coppermine) Gentoo Base System version 1.12.0_pre6 distcc 2.18.3 i386-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5-r1, 2.4.1-r1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.12 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r7 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.18-r1 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i386-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -Os -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i386-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -Os -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distcc distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/pub/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X acpi alsa apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts crypt cups eds emboss encode fam foomaticdb fortran gd gdbm gif gpm gstreamer gtk2 hardened imlib ipv6 java jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx motif mozilla mp3 mpeg ncurses nls ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png postgres python qt quicktime readline sdl spell ssl tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode vorbis xml2 xmms xv zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY * sys-devel/distcc-config Latest version available: 1.3 Latest version installed: 1.3 Size of downloaded files: 2 kB Homepage: http://dev.gentoo.org/~pyrania/distcc-config Description: Utility to change distcc's behavior License: GPL-2
You forgot to reopen.
(In reply to comment #4) > You forgot to reopen. Reopen what? Sorry if I'm missing something Jakub - I think I may have missed something in translation. Can you explain further? Also, I'd suggest someone simply looks at the Python code per the bug. It is a rather basic Python coding error that I reported and resolved and won't work the way the source is coded. Jamie
(In reply to comment #5) Are you suggesting I re-submit the bug ("reopen")? Please advise. Jamie
I'm updating status - this bug fix needs to be applied as the fix is submitted below. This isn't that hard and the work has been done for you. I encountered the bug with two new Gentoo installs today in the lab and was surprised that nobody has taken care of it yet. Gentoo's getting an increasingly bad rep because of bug handling and obscure comments like Jakub's (who apparently can't ever answer a question either). Let's get it together people and take care of our distro. Jakub - pls email me offline about your handling of tix and a few suggestions I have for you. Jamie
Use the distcc-config that comes with distcc. It works great.
fixed.
